^ Yea man... using that tray in the cabin will cause the car to detonate into smitherines!!! your nuts for using a piece of billit alum in your car!

 

Awesome build man. This is straight inspiration.

 

I'm in love with the interior Mike, very porsche esk.

 

Instructions? We don't need no stinkin' instructions!

But seriously, here's what NASA rules say...

Battery
The battery should be securely fastened to the car. No Bungee cords or rubber cords may be used to function as the sole hold down mechanism. An electrically non-conductive material must cover the positive battery terminal. Any battery located inside the driver’s compartment shall be fully covered and firmly secured to the chassis in a marine type battery case. True dry cell and AGM type batteries may be mounted without a surrounding case


I chose the passenger side bin since it's low, near the center of the vehicle, and most importantly the passenger side needs some more weight than driver side (my previous FD corner balance results was proof of this with battery behind driver). And if anyone was wondering I used 4 3/8" grade 8 bolts spaced up with 1 inch wide spacers with 1 inch wide washers from bottom to sandwich the chassis. It's solid.

 

battery install is clean. I may have to copy that idea. I've been thinking of making a battery tray that sits level to mount the battery in the same location.

everything is coming along nicely. makes me wanna get a cage installed while it's still bare inside.

 

stunning build! Very well thought out overall. The craftsmanship is unbelievable. LOVE all the trick stuff! Its stuff like this that inspires me.

 

Tray can be found on Ebay. Very quality piece. I just had to buy longer bolts, washers and spacers.


Thanks! Everything I've learned on RX-7's has started from this forum... I guess this is my way of giving back.

 

Porsche will definitely be my next money pit...

 

And every bit of your contribution is very much appreciated. Keep it up!

Regards,
Crispy

 

that interior is pure sex, me wants a cage

 

Trying to follow your footsteps Crispy... but I absolutely refuse to polish anything on my own!

 

want some pre-mix? I ordered......abit much lol

 

Started bending my brake lines... Finished the fronts so far. I wasn't looking forward to this but I think it came out pretty clean. Lines I used are the pre-made ones from part store in various lengths. Clips oem Mazda. Brake booster powder coated black and vaccum nipple chopped and -6AN welded instead.





Metric splitter mounted on firewall with rivnut... This part was hard to find.


Decided to go under the wiper motor...

 

Ceramic coated manifolds and throttle body...now I can finally complete my block and drop it in soon.

 

How can i paint like that?

 

Being back on the forum after a 3 year absence it'a really great catching up looking at all the amazing builds that have been taking place. This car looks like if will be a fantastic track car when you get it completed. The cage looks awesome! I'm working on one in my jeep right now so I can appreciate. You me me mentioned the color scheme reminding you of a shark. You should paint her up with a WWiI shark plane paint scheme.

 

Thanks Gordon. It takes a lot of time and patience to get everything exactly how I want it, but the end result will be very satisfying for sure.

Cerakote oven cure ceramic coating. ---> Cerakote Coatings

Thanks and welcome back!

 

subscribed

 

Awesome work, I love the attention to detail! I hope you don't mind me stealing some of your ideas in my build...

 

Diggin the ceramic coated pieces.

 

Awesome build mate...Keep the pics coming...

 

show us moarrrr

 

WOW. Subscribed and cannot wait to pick up a clean third gen!

 

Man Love the detail on this build,,, TIME ATTACK will soon be seen a nice ride

 

very nice build man! Makes me want a more track out build on my own.